Verf. 17. , the .40 le to the Romans. for their tins, to 'remember' that they are under the covenant which prowl- Cecil remiffion of fins, to parents and their children. With this very argu- ment did Peter cheer the hearts of the Jewes when they were pricked with torrow, for the killing of :the Lord ot glory, 411.2.38, 39. Fourthly,it confirmeth our faith and perfwafion touching this main myftery and truth of the refloring of the Jewes, in as much as they springing from A- braham and Jacob, as from an' holy root, and from the other Patriarchs, as firft- fruits fanEtified to C O D ; it is therefore without al doubt,and a thing of certainty,that the bleffing and prero- gatives of the Covenant made with the parents, (hall flow and break forth at Taft to themaking of very many of them true memiRers oftheinvilibleChurch,as now it caufeth all our children to be- come members of the outward vifible Ch ureh, for whom is God to be prayed, that they may not only affent firmly un- to, and lay hold upon the promifes of eternall life by faith,and bring forth al- to the fruits of good works by love, without the which the parents piety will but little profit the children. DÍALOGUE XIIII. Vert: 57. And though fomeof the hanches be broken off, and thou being a wilde Olive tree waft grtffed in for them, and made parta- kerof the root and fatnefe of the Olive tree ;boaft not thyfelf,&c. TI MOT H EUS. T ¡0w doth the Apofile Paul proceed ? j S t L. He bringeth forth a third argument to dehort the beleeving Gen- tile from defpifingand reproaching the rejected and unbeleeving Jew. He had firft faid that their tatting off was to the great commodity of the Gentiles,name- ly the vocation of them to God by the Gofpell. Secondly, he gave hope to.the Jew of their repairing, becaufe they were an holy people,and feparated from 463 all other Nations, by the prornifes and covenant of lite which was given them. Now thirdly he reafoneth from the condition ot the Gentiles, both that which is paft(they were a wilde Olive,) and that ,w hich is'prefent, (they were graflèd into the true Olive :) whereup- on dependeth a double grace; one, that the Gentiles are made partakers of the root of the Olive : and fecondly, that they do injoy the fatneffe that cometh of the root that is, they have communion with Chriff, the Church and the Go. fpell. The femme of the Argument is thus much : Ye Gentiles being once like a wilde Olive,are now planted into the true Olive; therefore do not proud- ly boats your felves with the reproach of the Jewes. This argument is wholly contained in the Test, and hath two parts both expreffed. One is the ante- cedentpart in verf 17. The other is the confequent in verfe IS.which is en- forced by a new reafon drawn from that which is abfurd or unhoneft, be- cattlewe Gentiles bear not the Jewes, but their root doth bear and fuftain us; now it were an unthankful' and unho- neft part to difdain that which doth fuppórt us. T t M. But how it this Scripture knit and coupled to theformer ? S i L. By a prolepfìs or preoccupa- tion, thus; The Gentiles might fay, What did it profit the Jewes to come of an honeft root, feeing they are cut off from the flock of the holy Patri- archs ? To which Paul anfwereth, What though they were once holy branches, and now indeed broke off? yet not all but force only ; whereas you Gentiles were a long time unholy,a wilde Olive, flrangers from God,and now of free fa- vour are graffed into their place; there- fore be not proud,but =deft and hurry ble. T e M. What is meant by [broken brea- ches? S s L.The Ifraelites,which were like unto branches broken offfrom a tree, & are good for nothing but to perifh and wither: So the Jives were caft out from grace and falvation as rotten branches. R 3 TI M.,
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